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6 July 2008
Breaking News:
France drops controversial immigrant integration plans  [FR]

Spain has forced France to abandon its plans for a compulsory "integration contract" for immigrants, which, if adopted, would require third country nationals to conform with the local "national identity" in order to settle in the EU, diplomatic sources told EurActiv.


Council of Europe blasts Italy over Roma fingerprinting  [FR] [DE]

Europe's human rights watchdog has issued an unusually strong-worded statement hinting that a plan by the Italian authorities to fingerprint Roma amounts to fascism.


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Free movement of labour in the EU-27  [FR] [DE]

Some of the EU's strongest and wealthiest 'old' member states continue to restrict access to their labour markets by workers from Eastern Europe. (read more)

An EU 'Blue Card' for high-skilled immigrants?  [FR] [DE]

The EU is eager to attract high-skilled immigrants from outside its borders in order to fill its demographic, labour and skills gaps. (read more)

Language use in the EU  [FR] [DE]

Promoting a multilingual economy, giving citizens access to European Union information in their own languages and encouraging linguistic diversity through langauge learning: these are the principles underpinning the Commission's multilingualism policy. (read more)

 
Analysis & Commentary
Structural change demands greater mobility 
Stefan Schneider, Deutsche Bank Research
EU migration and borders policies in a globalising world 
Bigo, Carrera & Guild, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Time for President Barroso to show leadership on equality 
European Network Against Racism, (ENAR)
Jobs boom in Bulgaria leaves Roma behind 
Nikoleta Popkostadinova, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
 
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